Cal Massey, the painter and illustrator, died June 11 at age 93. Massey designed the Patriots of African Descent Monument at Valley Forge.

The news was announced via a CNN report voiced by Cooper. CNN reported that she died at her home and was suffering from advanced stomach cancer.

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, famed for operas, films and television, has died in Rome at the age of 96. Zeffirelli's son Luciano said his father died at home at noon on Saturday.

Mr. Slaughter received a scholarship from the Philadelphia Board of Education to study secondary education at Cheyney University and had a long career. Paying it forward, he generously contributed scholarship money to promising students through his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

Mr. Scott was among the first African Americans to enlist in the Marine Corps. Seventy years later, he went to Washington, along with his fellow recruits, to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

“Generations down the road will be — unaware or aware — affected because of the impact Lew Klein had on all of us,” said ESPN sports anchor Kevin Negandhi, a 1997 Temple graduate.

Sylvia Miles, an actress and Manhattan socialite whose brief, scene-stealing appearances in the films “Midnight Cowboy” and “Farewell, My Lovely” earned her two Academy Award nominations, died Wednesday.

Mr. White retired in 2011 after a long career as a CPA. He was a devoted dad, and urged his daughters to "seize opportunities and break glass ceilings."

Mr. Bryson built a successful insurance company. Then he became a philanthropist, supporting human-rights causes.

Dr. Giacobbo, a long-time pediatrician, cared for youngsters for more than 50 years.

Mrs. Walk found her niche in end-of-life social work and used her own health challenges to deepen her understanding of what her clients faced.

Frank Lucchesi, who was the Phillies manager when they moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Veterans Stadium, died Saturday. He was 92 years old.

A graduate of the Restaurant School, she was among the vanguard of female executive chefs in Philadelphia when she came up in the mid-1990s.